TPM Episode 92: Ryan Runke, Sports Agent

Ryan Runke has an insane resume but his path to becoming a successful sports agent is as far from traditional as it gets.  Runke looks different, acts different, and has done things his way for a long time and it seems to be working.  On the podcast we talk his team sports days, transitioning to a dirtbag team manager and who morphed into a professional agent to the actin sports stars.  They don’t make many like Runke...

Ryan Runke Show Notes:

2:00 Growing up in Kansas as a jock and then getting into skateboarding

7:30:  What do his parents think when he moves to Colorado and making the untraditional way

10:00:  Colorado, shop life, and getting a gig with a travel guide

14:15: Evo (Use the code TPM10 for 10% off at checkout)

RESQWATER (enter the code resqwatertpm for a 20% discount on a 12 pack)

Outdoor Research: (Get 15% off you’re order with the checkout code POWELL15)

16:25:  Hood, Shop life in Colorado and having a kid

21:00:  Moving to California and getting a gig with Velvet and Version

24:30:  Getting bought by K2, getting hired by K2, and the K2 Days

33:15:  Spy Optics:  Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20.

The 10 Barrel Brewery:  My favorite is 'Out of Office' Pilsner

34:30:  Moving to VT, Rome, and real snowboard companies

40:00:  Red Bull, The Art Of Flight, and money

46:00:  Agent life,  what it’s like to win a gold medal 

50:00:  Inappropriate Questions